The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night.
For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California.
In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

Myrtle YoungIncluded: ""The Potato Chip Lady,"" Myrtle Young of Fort Wayne, Indiana, visits with Johnny and shows her collection of chips resembling famous people. Johnny can't resist the chance to pull a prank, and bites into a chip from an off-camera bowl -- causing Myrtle to nearly collapse in horror.